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Manchester City joining NBA Euro League
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Innsbruckblue
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Didn’t Utd have one years ago?
mexico1970
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Didn’t Utd have one years ago?
They had a football team years ago too. ;-)
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This is quite interesting as our son plays basketball and we go to see the Manchester Giants/Manchester Basketball quite a few times a season. The games are played at the National Basketball Centre in Belle Vue (new season starts tomorrow!).
The British Basketball League seems to have a few problems over the years and for whatever reason, it's not really took off much. Teams like Manchester Giants kind of folded then were re-franchised as Manchester Basketball!!
I wonder if City are looking at taking over them, or would they be creating a new team? What would happen to Manchester Basketball if not? I can only imagine if City are getting involved it's going to be on a huge level and should be good to see!
The British Basketball League seems to have a few problems over the years and for whatever reason, it's not really took off much. Teams like Manchester Giants kind of folded then were re-franchised as Manchester Basketball!!
I wonder if City are looking at taking over them, or would they be creating a new team? What would happen to Manchester Basketball if not? I can only imagine if City are getting involved it's going to be on a huge level and should be good to see!
badmash
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It will probably be at the CO-OP?This is quite interesting as our son plays basketball and we go to see the Manchester Giants/Manchester Basketball quite a few times a season. The games are played at the National Basketball Centre in Belle Vue (new season starts tomorrow!).
The British Basketball League seems to have a few problems over the years and for whatever reason, it's not really took off much. Teams like Manchester Giants kind of folded then were re-franchised as Manchester Basketball!!
I wonder if City are looking at taking over them, or would they be creating a new team? What would happen to Manchester Basketball if not? I can only imagine if City are getting involved it's going to be on a huge level and should be good to see!
Like when Giants played at the arena
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That would be great if they can fill it, it would be good if they could work with the BBL to keep the MCR team going too! :)It will probably be at the CO-OP?
Like when Giants played at the arena
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If City had a tiddlywinks team I'd watch them but basketball is a step too far. Grown men playing netball, gtf.
I have no idea how the structure of European basketball works. But I just don't like the idea of American investors in the form of the NBA coming over and going by American sports making it unaffordable for the masses and also overly commercial.
Barcon
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Might as well be nascar.
They did and when they took over the then Manchester team, the gates halved as blues stopped going. Whether City can make a go of this is doubtful imho.Didn’t Utd have one years ago?
Prestwich_Blue
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A game where the ball is in the air most of the time will be right up their street you'd have thought.They had a football team years ago too. ;-)
Lavinda Past
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Should get Eliaquim Mangala back. He's good at basketball as I recall.
badmash
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Has anyone seen those European basketball games with the ultra football fans?
It looks more mental than the football stadium
It looks more mental than the football stadium
HelloCity
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It would be better to have a general Manchester team in the league rather than specifically City, because like has been said, it will automatically put a lot of people off from going.
Prestwich_Blue
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Not a fan either but we need to find something Rico Lewis is good at.If City had a tiddlywinks team I'd watch them but basketball is a step too far. Grown men playing netball, gtf.
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Ouch !!!Not a fan either but we need to find something Rico Lewis is good at.
Gaz76
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Bit harsh that, expected better from you, now if you had said kalvin PhillipsNot a fan either but we need to find something Rico Lewis is good at.
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Went last night to the Manchester game and it was brilliant.
Looks like BBL folded and now it's Super League Basketball who do the league now. I suspect there just isn't an easy way to make money in the league which is odd given how popular it is. There is definitely a market for basketball but I just don't think the organisers quite now how to get it right. The NBA will have a better chance though.
It's a good point about having a City o ly team. Id half expect them to want tunited as well but they are skint too :) you'd expect them to try to get a London team too.
Looks like BBL folded and now it's Super League Basketball who do the league now. I suspect there just isn't an easy way to make money in the league which is odd given how popular it is. There is definitely a market for basketball but I just don't think the organisers quite now how to get it right. The NBA will have a better chance though.
It's a good point about having a City o ly team. Id half expect them to want tunited as well but they are skint too :) you'd expect them to try to get a London team too.
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Has anyone seen those European basketball games with the ultra football fans?
It looks more mental than the football stadium
Quite popular in a number of Balkan/Eastern European countries if I recall correctly. Panathanaikos being one that springs to mind. I even think Turkish clubs have basketball equivalents, "Galatasaray Sport Klub" or some such.
Basketball is nowhere near as popular in Britain these days as it was in the 90s and early 00s.
Giants could attract 14k crowds in the late 90s, London Towers 12k, Sheffield Skarks 9k, Newcastle Eagles 7k… these days you’re lucky if anyone gets 1,500.
We have very low participation numbers as well across the country.
As an island we have a short population. Unless you’re a great outside shooter, you need to be at least 6’7” to make it at a decent level. But the average male height in Britain is 5’9” (whereäs in the Balkan countries it’s 6’ and around the Dinaric Alps it’s 6’ 1” and they have a much higher rate of men over 6’6” and a much bigger culture of playing the sport).
Where we do have big lads in Britain, many of them get into rugby rather than basketball, and where a lot of black lads would play basketball in the 90s, they are far more into football these days.
Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls were household names in the 90s. I’m not sure if most people in Britain these days could even point out Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (current NBA Player of the Season) in a picture or tell us what city the Thunder (current NBA champions) play in.
The population who do like basketball have always watched the Giants. They have recently dropped ‘Giants’ from their name and are just called Manchester Basketball now. But the existing bball fans go and watch them… would they turn their backs on the Mcr club and come to watch a City team?
Therefore, restricting a Manchester team to the ‘City’ name isn’t a good idea. United fans and any fans of Oldham or Stockport or anyone else who don’t like City or existing Manchester Basketball fans are not going to come along and watch a Manchester City basketball team.
Giants could attract 14k crowds in the late 90s, London Towers 12k, Sheffield Skarks 9k, Newcastle Eagles 7k… these days you’re lucky if anyone gets 1,500.
We have very low participation numbers as well across the country.
As an island we have a short population. Unless you’re a great outside shooter, you need to be at least 6’7” to make it at a decent level. But the average male height in Britain is 5’9” (whereäs in the Balkan countries it’s 6’ and around the Dinaric Alps it’s 6’ 1” and they have a much higher rate of men over 6’6” and a much bigger culture of playing the sport).
Where we do have big lads in Britain, many of them get into rugby rather than basketball, and where a lot of black lads would play basketball in the 90s, they are far more into football these days.
Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls were household names in the 90s. I’m not sure if most people in Britain these days could even point out Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (current NBA Player of the Season) in a picture or tell us what city the Thunder (current NBA champions) play in.
The population who do like basketball have always watched the Giants. They have recently dropped ‘Giants’ from their name and are just called Manchester Basketball now. But the existing bball fans go and watch them… would they turn their backs on the Mcr club and come to watch a City team?
Therefore, restricting a Manchester team to the ‘City’ name isn’t a good idea. United fans and any fans of Oldham or Stockport or anyone else who don’t like City or existing Manchester Basketball fans are not going to come along and watch a Manchester City basketball team.
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